2024 Waterloo Medal Allied Leaders Two Ounce Gold Proof Great Engravers Coin
Available now: 2024 Waterloo Medal Obverse 2oz gold proof coin from The Royal Mint's Great Engravers series.
What Is Pistrucci's Waterloo Medal?
Commissioned in the aftermath of the 1815 Battle of Waterloo, this monumental medal took Benedetto Pistrucci decades to complete and was never struck in his lifetime. The original dies show a detailed, symbolic design that alludes to the Napoleonic Wars and lionises the allied leaders and generals.
Read more: The Waterloo Medal: Benedetto Pistrucci's Last Masterpiece
Obverse: Allied Leaders 2024 Waterloo Medal
This 2024-dated coin has an obverse that features Martin Jennings' portrait of King Charles III with a legend that reads 'CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 200 POUNDS · 2024'.
2024 Waterloo Medal Allied Leaders Design
The reverse of this Great Engravers coin is graced with a reproduction of the obverse of Benedetto Pistrucci's Waterloo Medal, which includes four busts depicting the leaders who took part in the 1815 Battle of Waterloo:
- George, Prince Regent, later King George IV
- Emperor Francis I of Austria
- Tsar Alexander I of Russia
- King Frederick William III of Prussia
Two Ounce Gold Proof UK Coin Specifications
Two ounce gold coins from The Royal Mint like this Allied Leaders coin are struck in 999.9 (24-carat) gold and weigh 62.42 grams. Their face value is set at £200, though are worth more than this based on their precious metal content alone.
Limited Edition 2024 Great Engravers Coin
The Waterloo Medal is the second of Benedetto Pistrucci's designs to feature in The Great Engravers collection. Just 195 of the two-ounce gold proof 2024 Allied Leaders Waterloo Medal coins have been issued, with examples quickly selling out on The Royal Mint's website. The mintage figure here is exactly the same as the 2024 St George 2oz gold proof which has been in high demand on the secondary market.